ABSTRACT
This postscript was written after the book was mostly assembled. I had an opportunity to invite my French colleagues to contribute that closing chapter of the handbook. Grace Ann Rosile and I have been traveling to France each year to learn the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM). As you know from reading this book, published by Routledge, ‘antenarrative’ is defined as a ‘prestory’ (ante) or a ‘bet’ (ante) that some anticipated transformation will ensue (Boje, 2001). Antenarratives are frequently found in planning, strategy, foretelling market directions, and innovation. Antenarratives are waves; narratives are particles—objects, dead pastness texts. The issue I want to explore is how antenarratives shape the future in various approaches to ‘research intervention’ (IR) and ‘action research’ (AR).
